Admin Phantom Posted February 7 Admin Share Posted February 7 The Nations League draw for the 2024-25 men's tournament takes place in Paris on Thursday from 17:00 GMT and you can follow it with live text on the BBC Sport website. Every European country, bar the suspended Russia, is involved - with Scotland the highest ranked home nation involved. For the first time the Scots are in League A, with relegated England and Wales in League B and Northern Ireland in League C. Who is in it? League A Pot 1: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Netherlands Pot 2: Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary Pot 3: Switzerland, Germany, Poland, France Pot 4: Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Scotland League B Pot 1: Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales Pot 2: Finland, Ukraine, Iceland, Norway Pot 3: Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro Pot 4: Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan League C Pot 1: Romania, Sweden, Armenia, Luxembourg Pot 2: Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands Pot 3: North Macedonia, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus Pot 4: Belarus, Lithuania/Gibraltar*, Estonia, Latvia League D Pot 1: Lithuania/Gibraltar*, Moldova Pot 2: Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein * Gibraltar and Lithuania face a play-out, effectively a relegation play-off to see who ends in Leagues C and D, in March 2024. How does the draw work? Leagues A, B and C all have four groups of four teams - with one drawn from each seeding pot into each group. Teams play each other home and away. League D has two groups of three teams. There are only two restrictions on who can play who, because many of the prohibited fixtures are impossible because of leagues and pots. Kazakhstan can only be drawn in a group with a maximum of one of England, Wales, Republic of Ireland or Iceland for excessive travel reasons, while Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot be drawn together in League C for political reasons. When are the games? Each team in Leagues A, B and C play two group games in September, two in October and two in November 2024. A lot of teams will play extra games in March 2025, with four teams in the Nations League finals in June 2025. How does the tournament work? Spain are the current Nations League champions, after beating Croatia in last year's final The top two teams from each group in League A go into two-legged quarter-finals in March, with the winners going into the final-four tournament in June. The winner of that will claim the Uefa Nations League trophy. The winners of each group in Leagues B, C and D are promoted to a higher division. The teams who finish bottom of each group in Leagues A and B are relegated to a lower division. Teams who finished third in their groups in League A will face League B runners-ups - and League B's third-placed teams will face League C runners-up - in two-legged promotion/relegation play-offs in March. There will also be play-offs between the two best fourth-placed teams in League C and the two runners-up in League D. Europe's 2026 World Cup qualifiers start next year. The winners of each of those groups qualify automatically for the North American tournament, with the runners-up of each group entering World Cup play-offs. The four best Nations League group winners who do not qualify either of those ways will also go into the World Cup play-offs. Why are Scotland above England? Scotland won Group B1 last time to seal their promotion to League A for the first time, while England dropped a division after finishing bottom of Group A3. Wales were also in the top tier last time but finished bottom of Group A4 with one point from six games. England and Wales cannot end up in the same group, as they are in the same pot, but one of them could face the Republic of Ireland, who have remained in League B since the competition started up. Northern Ireland are in League C again. TAKEN FROM: Uefa Nations League 2024-25 draw: What you need to know about draw and tournament - BBC Sport 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redkev Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 38 minutes ago, phantom said: Dublin & England fans , not far for the Irish fans to travel against England I think Kilburn is about 5 miles from Wembley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Just now, redkev said: Dublin & England fans , not far for the Irish fans to travel against England I think Kilburn is about 5 miles from Wembley Will Scotland win a game Portugal Croatia & Poland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 50 minutes ago, phantom said: Some decent trips there!! I’m on 32 caps at the moment with Brazil, Belgium, Bosnia and Iceland to come. Not sure what that’ll bring me down too when the membership renews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercidered Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 11 hours ago, redkev said: Will Scotland win a game Portugal Croatia & Poland Hope not. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 It'd be nice if the FA took this opportunity to send the England team around the country again. By all means play the Ireland game at Wembley because it should sell out, but no reason the other two can't be played elsewhere. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 16 hours ago, BCFC1512 said: Some decent trips there!! I’m on 32 caps at the moment with Brazil, Belgium, Bosnia and Iceland to come. Not sure what that’ll bring me down too when the membership renews I believe it's any games since (and including) Ukraine at home 3 hours ago, Northern Red said: It'd be nice if the FA took this opportunity to send the England team around the country again. By all means play the Ireland game at Wembley because it should sell out, but no reason the other two can't be played elsewhere. They did in the last nations league, nothing to suggest they won't yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 England should and probably will win that Group comfortably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 08/02/2024 at 20:53, redkev said: Will Scotland win a game Portugal Croatia & Poland Nope 8 hours ago, 2015 said: England should and probably will win that Group comfortably. Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Done anyone care about England anymore ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 12 minutes ago, TV Tom said: Done anyone care about England anymore ? Unless it’s a major tournament then I couldn’t care less tbh,qualifying games are about as exciting as having toothache and means the city can’t play so it’s a double whammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Phantom Posted February 12 Author Admin Share Posted February 12 Just read that England travel to play Ireland the day before the first anniversary of the Queen passing away Talk about creating needless problems before the game even starts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severn Beach Pigeon Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 32 minutes ago, phantom said: Just read that England travel to play Ireland the day before the first anniversary of the Queen passing away Talk about creating needless problems before the game even starts It's already been past the anniversary of her dying (although why an old lady dying gets an anniversary is pointless anyway- literally every day will be an anniversary for thousands) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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